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[Isr Gish]

-----Original Message-----
   >From: "Jeff Peery"<jeffpeery at yahoo.com>
   >Sent: 3/16/04 5:23:20 PM
   >To: "tutor at python.org"<tutor at python.org>
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   >is there a general clear everything function - other than "del" which I think only works one variable at a time? I've used matlab and there is a function "clear" that I like to call at the beginning of my scripts.  My problem is that sometimes in python I make changes to my script and I run it and the changes don't appear, python runs the old version.  I'm saving all my scripts before I run them, but I still don't see python using my latest save. I thought that if there was a way to clear the variable list that that would solve my problem. Sometimes I have to close python IDLE and reopen it to get it to run my last save. 
   > 

You have to reload the module in order for it to use the newer version.
There is a function called reload (for obvious reason) that reloads the module.

   >I also noticed that python might be running off the *.pyc document and not the script itself, is there a way to prevent the *.pyc from being created? 
   > 

Actually every time you run a script (or module) it crrats a .pyc from the .pybfile and then runs the .pyc.
When the .py module is newer the intepreter knows it and creates a new .pyc file from the new .py file.

   >thanks!
   > 
   >Jeff
   >

All the best,

Isr Gish